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I was so eager to see the September issue, a documentary about the release of September issue of Vogue magazine. In the fashion magazine world, the September issue is the most important issue of the year.

It turned out to be really good… the documentary focus on Anna Wintour, US vogue editor in chief (the real life version of Devil wears Prada Miranda Priestly). Anna Wintour is an icon in fashion industry, respected but also feared by most people in the fashion industry, and although she’s the softer version of Miranda Priestly, she’s cool, firm and tough.

The documentary also shows there’s actually another woman behind the magazine who is as tough and stubborn as Anna Wintour. Grace Coddington is US Vogue’s Creative Director, a former model who is now one of the most famous fashion stylists in the world.

There’s a tension between Anna and Grace showed in the documentary, Anna is the Editor in Chief but it’s Grace who has the real artistic talent. Unlike the Devil wears Prada which focus on the cold hearted Miranda Priestly, September issue focus on the beauty of the fashion industry. The making of a fashion spread is like a making of a painting… clearly Vogue is a form of art.

One of my favourite scenes is when the camera is on Anna’s daughter, who does not want anything to do with vogue and wants to be a lawyer. The paris photo shoot is also amazing.